Summary
Andrew Monks is a seasoned software engineer with 13 years of experience who built and maintained an ecosystem of React Native apps for operations and logistics at Samsara. Based in Chicago, he blends a creative foundation from a BFA in Fine and Studio Arts with pragmatic mobile engineering, bringing a designer's eye to UX-heavy, production-scale applications. As a Staff Software Engineer at Samsara from 2017–2023, he focused on operational tooling that supports complex fleet and IoT workflows. Known playfully as a "seafaring lad" on GitHub, he balances pragmatic discipline with curiosity and cross-disciplinary thinking that helps translate real-world operational constraints into robust mobile solutions.
13 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Fine Arts - BFA, Fine and Studio Arts, Bachelor of Fine Arts - BFA, Fine and Studio Arts at School of the Art Institute of Chicago